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Unique ID: LIN-7250D8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A lead biconical spindle whorl, decorated on either side with a pair of zig-zagged lines with a pellet in each angle.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 5
Weight: 39.7 g
Diameter: 30 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Cumberworth (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF5073
Four figure Latitude: 53.232855
Four figure longitude: 0.245871
1:25K map: TF5073
1:10K map: TF57SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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